Well. It's that time. Time to sign off. With over 1000 posts and a surprising 8 years, it's time to say a real goodbye.
This blog has been more important to me than I could've ever imagined. It sounds trite but it's been a really good friend. It let me document the funnest ride of my life — being a new parent — a time I cherish deeply. It let me keep track of our family travels and some of the fun things we did and learned in summer, while camping, and much more. And it gave me an excuse to be creative outside of my work as a designer. It also taught me how to be grateful everyday.
I'm looking forward to turning these posts into a book, so we can browse the pages with our now 6 foot, 11 year old Spud. Thanks for stopping by. Hope you find something interesting or inspiring.
You can now follow me on instagram where I will post my ongoing creative pursuits.
It's been amazing. Adieu. xo
31 December 2015
29 December 2015
20 June 2015
100 Days of Summer Challenge is on!
That's right, I'm taking 1 photo, everyday, for 100 days to document our summer. There will likely be plenty of puppy and food shots! And hopefully lots of outdoor adventures too. Here's a sneak peek... Join the fun at #100DaysofSummer
10 April 2015
Skull Drawing
I thought the delivery of my intended early birthday present was not until the end of this month but look what arrived 2 days ago! My fancy-pants markers. I got this grey set as well as a skin tone set, which I will play with next.
Here are the results of some quality evening time on the couch watching trashy television with my Hubs. I'm excited to see this as a fabric design.
08 April 2015
Colour Theory: Make 100 Colours
What a fun way to break in a new set of watercolours! Make 100 colours. Or 60, in our case, as we only had small watercolour paper on hand. It turned out to be a nicely meditative way to learn about colour theory that was more challenging than I expected.
The kid normally loves colour mixing more than painting itself but he petered out about half way, stating he wanted to finish it tomorrow. Interestingly, though, during clean up, he started playing with various colours in our plastic egg carton spending more time colouring mixing in water than he did on paper. Whatever floats your boat!
07 April 2015
05 April 2015
16 March 2015
15 March 2015
Math Games: 100s Charts
We've been going through a lot of these Hundreds Charts lately so I decided to whip up one of our own. Click here to download the pdf. You'll find it in the Games Folder.
12 March 2015
05 March 2015
Today's Lunch: Orange + Green
Not by design, completely by fluke, today's lunch turned into an array of oranges and greens. So I had to photograph it!
We're now skipping off to enjoy the rest of the morning at the river with friends, which will happily end with a little riverside lunch.
24 February 2015
Baby Showers: Fabric Pens + Onesies
Spud's piano teacher of almost 4 years is leaving us. With much sadness. But she's off having twins which is super exciting and we are very happy for her. And sad for us.
As a goodbye present Spud decorated a couple of onesies with a black Sharpie Fabric Pen in a music motif. He's pretty excited to give them to her.
I got this idea from my own baby shower ... way back when. I sure worked with a creative bunch.
Look what they did with a yellow marker! The only time spit up is funny, really.
Because I worked for a hockey team at the time, there were more than a few hockey references. Check out the jock strap and chest hair!
Classic.
Who knew a whale had such fine motor skills ...
As a goodbye present Spud decorated a couple of onesies with a black Sharpie Fabric Pen in a music motif. He's pretty excited to give them to her.
I got this idea from my own baby shower ... way back when. I sure worked with a creative bunch.
Look what they did with a yellow marker! The only time spit up is funny, really.
Because I worked for a hockey team at the time, there were more than a few hockey references. Check out the jock strap and chest hair!
Classic.
Who knew a whale had such fine motor skills ...
Meet the Spuds.
31 December 2014
Introducing Flying Lightbulb Blog
Our son just launched his own tween blog, Flying Lightbulb, where he will post all his creative pursuits and interests. His first stop motion movie is up, check it out!
24 December 2014
17 December 2014
Holiday Math: Snowflakes, Starflakes, and Swirlflakes
We are big Vi Hart fans over here so this fun little video on making unusual paper snowflakes make us very happy this holiday season.
16 December 2014
Coffee Filter Snowflakes
Coffee filters make the best snowflakes. They are already round and symmetrical. Simply fold in half, then in thirds, and then in half again. And I like their translucent nature.
The only downside is you really have to figure out a way to flatten them. You could iron them I suppose. We pressed them between our heaviest books overnight. That seemed to do the trick.
06 December 2014
St. Nicholas Day 2014
Spud wasn't keeping track so this year's St. Nicholas day was a big surprise! St. Nick must have grabbed his shoes for him. This morning he found them filled with goodies outside his bedroom door.
02 December 2014
Our First Time Lapse: Niagara Falls, Lit Up
TRAVELS WITH KID | NIAGARA FALLS
We propped up our little iPhone on the window sill of our hotel around 4 pm and let it shoot periodically, using a time lapse app, until the lights went out at midnight. We ended up with 4 minutes of moving mist and colour. Looking forward to making more time lapse movies with the kid!
We propped up our little iPhone on the window sill of our hotel around 4 pm and let it shoot periodically, using a time lapse app, until the lights went out at midnight. We ended up with 4 minutes of moving mist and colour. Looking forward to making more time lapse movies with the kid!
21 October 2014
A Paper Weaving Morning
Paper weaving. Classic paper craft that for some reason, Spud and I have never done together before. I used to love this kind of activity when I was his age.
Practiced skills: fine motor, creative decision making, patience, focus on details, and accepting imperfections in your work.
I'm sure there are million different ways to go about it. First we cut our paper into strips. Then taped down our vertical rhythm to hold it still while we slid on the horizontal bits. Finally we folded back the ends and taped them down. Spud decided to tape it on his IKEA square storage unit — livens it up quite a bit!
28 September 2014
Summer Fun Passport: The Fun Run Train
Twelve weeks of walk / run interval training! Over 750 minutes of just running. Ending with a bang: the 5K Neon Run. It was a blast finding new and interesting places to run in our city. We also really proved something to ourselves. And we learned a lot:
1. We don't like running. We do not feel like we are "running people". But now that it's over, we are wondering if we should stick with it.
2. It was gruelling at times, especially those afternoon runs in the summer heat, but we did it anyway, with minimal complaints. Spud showed some serious grit. So proud of him.
3. The gradual approach to training works!
4. We really like glow-y, blinky things with loud pumping music. And we want to do it again.
We're not finished with summer yet so we are continuing with our summer bucket list. Check out our working Summer Bucket list here and all our past Summer Fun entries here.
1. We don't like running. We do not feel like we are "running people". But now that it's over, we are wondering if we should stick with it.
2. It was gruelling at times, especially those afternoon runs in the summer heat, but we did it anyway, with minimal complaints. Spud showed some serious grit. So proud of him.
3. The gradual approach to training works!
4. We really like glow-y, blinky things with loud pumping music. And we want to do it again.
We're not finished with summer yet so we are continuing with our summer bucket list. Check out our working Summer Bucket list here and all our past Summer Fun entries here.
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